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B. T. GASKILL. MATTRESS FILLING MACHINE.

.No. 530,040. Patented Nov. 27. 1894.

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MATTRESS FILLING MACHINE. No. 530,040. Patented Nov. 27, 1894;

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UNITED STATES ELIJAH T. GASKILL, OF NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CAROLINE D. PATTERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

MATTRESS-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,040, dated November 27., 1894-.

Application filed June 26. 1894- T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAH T. GASKILL, residing at New Berne,in the county of Graven and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Mattress-Filling Machine, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention has for its object to provide a mattress filling machine, of a simple construction, easily manipulated, and which will quickly and effectively serve for its intended purposes.

The invention consists in such novel features of construction and peculiar combination of, parts as will be hereinafter first described in detail and then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View ,of the machine the traveling chamber or box being in position to receive the filling material. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same showing the filling compressing arms in place and the box ready to be moved into the ticking. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the box and filler within the ticking and the presser in position, the box being shown moved back outside the ticking, in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is an end view taken from the center post end.

Fig. 5 is across section taken on the line 5-5 Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the presser bar, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the removable tail piece. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one end of the box showing the pivotal connection of the lever.

In its practical construction my improved machine comprises a main frame A, formed of the supporting legs a a the horizontal brace beams a" a and the bed portion a which for more than half its length has at the side edges, strips a which form guides for the carriage or movable box B. The box B has an open front end, side members I) b and a'rear end portion b, provided with an opening b for a purpose presently explained.

0 indicates a transverse strip secured to the back of the box, which has a central extension 0 and projecting ends 0 c'- having eye bolts c 0*, to which are connected chains or ropes D, which extend forward and pass over Serial No. 515.785. (No model.)

end to the extension 0 on the rear of the box B, which passes over a pulley h, journaled in a vertically adjustable standard H extended up through the bed of the main frame centrally, at the rear end, and then forwardly under the bed, its free end being secured to and wound about the shaft F, in an opposite direction to the winding of the cords D. 7

So far as described it will be readily understood that by turning the shaft F (by means of the crank handle f), in opposite directions the box B can be slid forward or rearward on the table as may be desired, and as the chain rollers e and h are held in vertically adj ustable bearings they can be quicklyset so as to keep the chains in a proper position for a straight pull.

J J are standards which project up one at each side of the frame, at a point in line with the front end of the box B, when it is at its rearmost position and to such standards at the upper end, is attached a transverse rod K the ends of which are extended to form arms is is on which are held spring clamps L L.

M indicates a metal sheet held on the table,

its rear end being secured thereto while its front end, which extends to a point in line with the side posts E E is loose to allow for a free movement thereof for a purpose hereinover the front end under guides 0 0 and then rearward where it connects with an eye 0 after the cord has been tightly drawn.

P P indicate a series of compressing levers which have pendent loop members ap at their handle portions 10' p, which are adapted tov engage with either one of a series of transverse bearing rods Q secured on the back end of the box 13, such members 19 forming, as it were, fulcrums for the levers. These levers pass through notches or seats b b in the top of the rear wall of the box, extend longitudinally the length of such box and have at their ends notches on the upper face as at l? P to engage the cord 0 as shown in Fig. 2.

R indicates a follower or compressing block which before the box is filled is placed at the rear end of the box and covers the opening therein.

S indicates a compressing bar, which has a head portion .9 formed with spurs s which head is of a size to freely enter the opening in the rear end of the box, while the rear end has a tenon S which is adapted to fit an aperture II in the post 11.

The operation of my improved machine is best explained as follows: The box B is first drawn back to the position shown in Fig. 1, the follower or presser block R, fitted in the rear end, the tail board at the front end, and the cord 0 secured in position. The desired quantity of filling material is then thrown in the box, and the tail board N removed. The filling is then compressed by the levers which are forced down until their front notched ends engage the cord 0. The lower side ofthe ticking is then slipped under the plate M up to the front end of the box B, and the upper front end thereof lapped over the rod K and clamped thereto by the clamps L. The box with the compressed filling is then moved through the medium of the shaft D and operating cords outward into the ticking as indicated in Fig. 2. The bracing cord 0 is then loosened at the ends and drawn out from around the box. The clamps are also preferably removed. The pressing bar is then inserted with its head 3 bearing against the board R, and its end 8' fitted in the hole h of the post H. The box is then withdrawn from the tick by the reversing motion of the shaft F, leaving the stuffing inside of the tick. The wire clamps L are now unfastened and the tick removed, and ready for sewing. Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mattress filling machine, comprising a table frame, having tick holding devices, a filler holding carriage or box held to reciprocate on the table, having filler compressing devices and means for reciprocating the carriage into and out of the ticking substantially as shown and described.

2. In a mattress filling machine the combination with the supporting frame ortable, the reciprocating carriage and means for holding the upper front end of the tick, of a plate held on the bed having its front end movable upward and adapted to fit over the bottom of the tick and means for reciprocating the carriage substantially as shown and described.

3. A mattress filling machine comprising a main frame, having a table or bed portion, a box or filling holding carriage held to be reciprocated longitudinally, having an open front end, means for reciprocating the said carriage a strain cord passed over the front, and a removable tail piece adapted to close such front, held from outward movement by such strain cord all substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

4. In a mattress filling machine the combination with the main frame, having tick holding and securing portions and a fixed post at one end, of a reciprocating carriage or filler holding box, having an open front end and having its rear end formed with an opening, means for reciprocating such carriage and a detachable presser bar having one end adapted to fit through such opening and the other to fit against the fixed post, when the said box is moved forward into the ticking all substantially as shown and described.

5. In a mattress filling machine in combination with the tick holding and supporting devices of a reciprocating carriage having an open front end, its rear end having an opening, and a follower or presser board of a detachable presser bar adapted to be fitted with its front end projected through the rear end of the box against the filler and fixedly held, and means for reciprocating the box all substantially as shown and described.

6. In a mattress filling machine the combination with the main frame and tick holding devices, of a reciprocating filler holding carriage or box, having an open front end a detachable cord held over such front end, presser levers fulcrumed at the rear end of the box adapted to swing down against the filler, and to extend under and engage the said cord, and means for reciprocating the carriage all substantially as shown and described.

7. In a mattress filling machine substantially as described, a reciprocating filler carriage having an open front end, a strain cord detachably connected therewith passed over such end, presser levers having fulcrum members adj ustably connected with the rear end of the box, and having notched front ends adapted to engage the strain cord and means for reciprocating the carriage all arranged substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination with the main frame, the reciprocating carriage, and the metal sheet M loosely held on the frame, of the rod K held transversely over the front end of the carriage when at its rearmost position said rod having clamp members L and means for reciprocating the carriage all arranged substantially as shown and described.

9. The combination with the main frame, the apertured post H the reciprocating carriage having an open front end, its rear wall having an aperture, and the detachable presser board R, of the presser bar S having a head portion adapted to extend through the rear wall of the carriage, and bear against the board R, and having tenon portion adapted.

10 transverse strip 0 formed with a central extension 0 and end projections c c the cords D secured to the end projections 0 passed over pulleys e and secured to shaft F and the cord Gsecured t0 the extension 0 passed over pulley h and secured to the shaft F all ar- 15 ranged substantially as shown and described.

ELIJ AH T. GASKILL.

Witnesses:

F. T. PATTERSON, S. R. STREET. 

